Smyrna times., 1887-03-23
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washington Bishop, whose farm is
SITUATED :. near Prices Station, Nd. sold
II on last Friday to Mr.. Esrev of Cbas-
ter, Pa, for $1l, 900. "o'
Mr.. Dearbon, of Chicago. naseonoou
agent OF the B. and o. r. r.. has hongbt
Mr.. 1hos. Cidd's farm, 12O acres nea.
0V' michaefs, Talbot county, for 5000.
The EastOn Electric Light Comnanv
mas adopted the Westinghouse svsteI,
ana made a contract for putting in The
plant. Ground has been purchased for
the station and buildings.
Rev. Lewis Wake, for the last fonr-
teen years rector of North Sassafras pa
rlsh, Cecil county, died at the rectorv
at Earlville on Wednesday evening at
O'Clock of pneumonia, after an illness
OF about ten days, aged 67 years.
Edward B. Emory, at his stock farm
in Queens Anne's, lost a bav colt on
Monday which he valued at a 600 T.
reared and fell backward, striking the
back fits head against a rise in the
ground, receiving injuries which proved
fatal.
MT. }. Edwin Willis, of the firm of
Wills & Roe, Greensborough on We'd
nesday afternoon led Miss Minnie w
only daughter of Thos. H. Jarman. ESQ.
10 the hymeneal alter. The ceremony
was performed in the NJ. L. Church by
Rev. ThOs. H. Lewis, D. D., President
Western Maryland College.
At 2 o'clock to day James N. Todd
Esq, OF the Denton bar, will lead Miss
L. Ella Jump to the hymeneal altar
The bride-elect is the youngest of the
fair daughters of Hon. Robert ]. JumD
Tor years prominet member of the
Caroline bar and Mr.. Todd's senior in
the law-iirm of Jump & Todd. Mr..
Todd Is son of Rev. Robert Todd a
prominent divine of the Wilmington
Conference.
The motion of the defendant for a
new trial in the case of Miss Margaret
Prentice VS.. the p. w. & B. railroad
was argued last week at Cambridge.
At the trial the plaintiff received a YER
dict for $l2,500. The court decided
that the damages were excessive. and
counsel were allowed the choice of ac-
ceptlng the $4,000 or the court stated
that an order granting a new trial
would be passed. 1t was decided to ac-
cept the compromise. Albert Consta-
bic, Esq. was the leading counsel for
the plaintiff.
A TuckahOe Neck farmer essayed to
raise superior potatoes. So he barrell-
ed up his stock on hand and sent them
TO his commission merchant in Balti-
more, receiving n satisfactory price
for the shipment. While packing the
| potatoes the farmer missed his spectac-
les and diligent search failed to reveal
their whereabouts. Shortly after he re-
ceIved returns for his potatoes he wrote
to his commission merchant to buv him
a certain number of barrels of 6ne seed
| potatoes as he wanted to change the
seed. The potatoes came and our hero
was busy cutting them for planting
when he came across his long lost spec.
tacles in the barrel of Northern (?) seed
This story is VOuched for by reliable
gentlemen.-GreensbOrOugh Free Press
FIRE AT CRIsFIELD.-A very seriou:
fire broke out at Crislield, Md, where
the Wilmington NJ. +. Conference was il
session, on Thursday night. About 8 &c
it broke out in Mr.. A. w. Ewells store
on Main street, and close by where the
conference was in session.
The total number of houses burned
was seven, and one pulled down and
destroyed. The houses were mostly
small and frame buildings, and the tota
loss will not exceed $4,000. The fire
originated from a defective 1ue. The
family who lived over Ewell,s store
were all away Mr. Ewell had gone ou
for few minutes, and when he entered
his store the smoke was descending
from the chimney, and in few minute.
the upper part of the house was ir
flames.
| During the fire DR.. Kynett, secretary
of the church extension, was speaking
but the meeting broke up and a number
of the preachers, including Bishop War
ren, worked hard to save the building
and furniture. The Rev. J. S. G. Han
ma pulled off his coat and worked in hi:
shirt sleeves. When he put his coat OF
again he clapped his hand into poke
and exclaimed l. We lost $3.50 !" 81 No
you haven't" responded a cOlOreC
man, as he stopped down and pick ed Ul
the roll Of bills, which had dropped
out just as the coat was being taken of